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Post by scooterbooter on Jul 13, 2016 8:48:31 GMT
Hello all. Does anyone know an easy way of accessing the mixture screw on a new px  Any help appreciated |
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Post by phattanglo on Jul 13, 2016 11:27:59 GMT
Yes remove the starter motor 5 minute job.
You'll never miss it.
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Post by scooterbooter on Jul 13, 2016 11:55:49 GMT
Yeah it's a little bit in the way!!. I wondered if there was cheat or some sort of magic trick . Thanks phats.
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Post by phattanglo on Jul 13, 2016 12:04:54 GMT
No probs you can get a little bung off ebay that plugs the hole and replace the 3 studs with short bolts for tidiness
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Post by scooterbooter on Jul 13, 2016 12:46:43 GMT
I think I would miss the little bugger too much to be without him to long. Lazybooter
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Post by scooterbooter on Jul 13, 2016 12:50:14 GMT
Plus anything superfluous I try to only take of when it breaks so I get my money's worth. Tight . Tight old booter
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Post by djloone on Jul 13, 2016 22:07:58 GMT
Yeah i junked my starter...they never had leccy starts back in the day so i figured i would be happy kicking her into life...............atm she takes some starting while im setting up and ive realised im a lot older now and get knackered quicker trying too make the little sh*tebag run  ...if yours starts 1st prod of the kicker i,d say ditch for ease of getting too stuff..and a bit of weight reduction,s never a bad thing LOON-E |
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Post by scooterbooter on Jul 13, 2016 22:54:23 GMT
I'm middle aged and got siatica. So even though it starts by sneezing on the kick I like the little button! I would have laughed at an old duffer like me back in day. Oh well!!!!
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Post by scooterbooter on Jul 13, 2016 22:59:35 GMT
I'm gonna keep it off for tuning but I think she'll be back. Thanks for advice fellas.
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Post by pxguru on Jul 14, 2016 7:02:47 GMT
What I have done to all mine is hacksaw a slot in the top of the mixture screw. Then you can get to it with a long thin screwdriver with the starter motor still in.
djloone, Starting bad when nothing else is wrong, is usually a too big pilot jet. Or if not so bad at starting, like 3 or 4 kicks, the mixture screw maybe too far out.
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Post by bignico2411 on Jul 14, 2016 9:12:03 GMT
What I have done to all mine is hacksaw a slot in the top of the mixture screw. Then you can get to it with a long thin screwdriver with the starter motor still in.djloone, Starting bad when nothing else is wrong, is usually a too big pilot jet. Or if not so bad at starting, like 3 or 4 kicks, the mixture screw maybe too far out. Forgive my stupidity, guru, but do you mean you cut a slot in the little hole at the back of the carb box or the actual screw? Maybe I haven't had enough coffee this morning, but I'm struggling to visualise what you've done. Getting at the screw in situ is a pain, so I'm interested in anything that makes it easier!  |
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Post by djloone on Jul 14, 2016 21:45:49 GMT
Pretty sure Guru means to score the screw so it can be turned with a flat headed driver LOON-E |
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Post by bignico2411 on Jul 15, 2016 7:54:13 GMT
Pretty sure Guru means to score the screw so it can be turned with a flat headed driver LOON-E Screw in the back of my carb is slotted anyway, Loon, thought that was standard?! |
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Post by johnnymarr on Jul 28, 2016 23:31:21 GMT
old style carbs have short slotted screws and newer carbs have longer screw with different thread and brass hexhead without slot, pain in *ss to adjust and i cut a slot but still couldn't really access coz of starter in way.
Ended up using fishing hook removers which are long nose pliers which have angled nose
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Post by bignico2411 on Jul 29, 2016 10:38:55 GMT
old style carbs have short slotted screws and newer carbs have longer screw with different thread and brass hexhead without slot, pain in *ss to adjust and i cut a slot but still couldn't really access coz of starter in way. Ended up using fishing hook removers which are long nose pliers which have angled nose Ah, I see, thanks for clearing that up, Johnny |
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Post by johnnymarr on Jul 29, 2016 14:21:19 GMT
thanks to Henri also who confirmed it in another recent post.
screws aren't swappable either as threads are different
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Post by scooterbooter on Aug 2, 2016 8:20:31 GMT
Yes on the new ones there is no way of access from above.
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Post by johnnymarr on Aug 2, 2016 16:39:10 GMT
i still can't access even with slot cut in hence the fishing pliers and its still not the easiest thing
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Post by pxguru on Aug 2, 2016 17:24:02 GMT
With the slot cut in mine I can flick it round with a long screwdriver. At least you can move it. Once set it should hopefully stay that way for a long time
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Post by gillie on Aug 2, 2016 23:21:43 GMT
i cut a spanner in half it works ! but its slow
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Post by johnnymarr on Aug 2, 2016 23:47:06 GMT
Thanks guru, cleared that up...i wondered how you did it.i did try that but it took so long for me to do and i found it fiddly so thought that i was wrong
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Any help appreciated 
...if yours starts 1st prod of the kicker i,d say ditch for ease of getting too stuff..and a bit of weight reduction,s never a bad thing 
